From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes the long-awaited sequel to Pax; this is a gorgeously crafted, utterly compelling novel about chosen families and the healing power of love. And who better to talk about this book with than Chris Crutcher?!? Order your copy of "Pax, Journey Home" from Wishing Tree Books!

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Author Sara Pennypacker in conversation with Chris Crutcher about " Pax, Journey Home"

Beginning with the Aronia berry and ending with zucchini, local author and poet Kate Lebo’s “The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly” is an alphabetical collection of memoirs and recipes taken from Lebo’s life.

Kate Lebo shares secrets with Sharma Shields from "The Book of Difficult Fruit"

Jennifer Longo visited virtually with the Northwest Passages Book Club to talk about her book "What I Carry," a novel about a teenage girl aging out of foster care. Molly Allen, co-founder of Safety Net, an organization that helps former foster kids, poses the questions.

Jennifer Longo "What I Carry" in conversation with Molly Allen

Conversation about Maggie Shipstead’s new bestseller ,“Great Circle,” follows aviator Marian Graves through Prohibition-era Montana, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, New Zealand, wartime London and beyond as she charts her own course through life and love. Nearly a century later, actress Hadley Baxter is cast as Graves in a biopic chronicling the events leading up to and following her disappearance over Antarctica.

Great Circle conversation with author Maggie Shipstead

From New York Times bestselling author of "Escape From Camp 14," a riveting and revealing account of one of the most persistent alternative facts in American history: the story of a missionary, a tribe, a massacre, and a myth that shaped the American West.

Blaine Harden in conversation with Larry Cebula about "Murder at the Mission"

Author Eileen Garvin talks about her book "The Music of Bees" with Spokane writer Kris Dinnison on the Northwest Passages Livestream Tuesday, May 4, 2021.

The Music of Bees conversation with author Eileen Garvin

Master Gardener Susan Mulvihill talks about her book "The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook" with book club coordinator Kristi Burns on the Northwest Passages Book Club livestream.Support local bookstores, and get your copy of "The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook" from Auntie's Bookstore!

Susan Mulvihill chats about gardening & "The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook"

Sabina Khan is the author of ZARA HOSSAIN IS HERE and THE LOVE & LIES OF RUKHSANA ALI in conversation with Mandy Manning.

Sabina Khan is Here! Virtually! Talking with Mandy Manning about "Zara Hossain is Here!"

The conversation with legendary author Paul Theroux that you just didn't want to end. There was nary a dull moment in this hourlong discussion with Spokesman-Review editor Rob Curley and topics ranged from his latest novel, "Under the Wave at Waimea" to his perspective on a lifetime of travel.

Waves of time haven't crashed Paul Theroux - Conversation with Rob Curley

"Lilac Girls," the 1.5-million-copy bestselling novel by Martha Hall Kelly, introduced readers to Caroline Ferriday, an American philanthropist who helped young girls released from Ravensbruck concentration camp. Now, in "Sunflower Sisters," Kelly tells the story of her ancestor Georgeanna Woolsey, a Union nurse who joins the war effort during the Civil War, and how her calling leads her to cross paths with Jemma, a young enslaved girl who is sold off and conscripted into the army, and Ann-May Wilson, a southern plantation mistress whose husband enlists.

Author Martha Hall Kelly talks about "Sunflower Sisters"

Author Adrienne Kisner joined a virtual gathering of the Northwest Passages Book Club to discuss her novel, “Six Angry Girls,” with Kristi Burns of the Spokesman-Review. Adulthood is overrated!

Author Adrienne Kisner talks about "Six Angry Girls"

Sarah Gailey, author of “The Echo Wife,” joined Northwest Passages Book Club just hours after Deadline announced that Annapurna Productions had successfully optioned the book for film adaptation.Here’s the premise: “Martine is a genetically cloned replica made from Evelyn Caldwell’s award-winning research. She’s patient and gentle and obedient. She’s everything Evelyn swore she would never be. And she’s having an affair with Evelyn’s husband. Now, the (cheat) is dead, and both Caldwell wives have a mess to clean up. Good thing Evelyn Caldwell is used to getting her hands dirty.”

Sarah Gailey in conversation with S/R's Stephanie Hammett about "The Echo Wife"

Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman wrote "Girls with Bright Futures" the fictional account of angst and stress of parents trying to get their children into the right universities and they talk about it with Kristi Burns of the Northwest Passages Book Club Thursday, Feb. 19, 2021 on a livestream broadcast. Books mentioned during the conversation include:Modern Romance by Aziz AnsariDaring Greatly by Brene BrownExcellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life by William DeresiewiczShort and Tragic Life of Robert Pearce: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League by Jeff HobbsWhere You Go Is Not Who You'll Be by Frank BruniWrite Your Way In by Rachel Toor Books they are reading now:Caste by Isabel WilkersonThe Ex Talk by Rachel SolomonThe Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson

Girls with Bright Futures

Kim Johnson’s THIS IS MY AMERICA delves into racial injustice within the U.S. legal system . This powerful book holds a strong relatable message for our current social climate. The book discussion is lead by Kiantha Duncan, president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP.

This Is My America discussion with author Kim Johnson & Kiantha Duncan

Award winning freelance journalist and podcaster Leah Sottile talks about her work writing about the anti-government and militia movements in the western states, which she has covered for many publications. She has also produced a podcast called "Bundyville" where she digs deeper into the topic. Shawn Vestal of The Spokesman-Review interviewed Sottile on the Northwest Passages Community Forum livestream Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.

Shawn Vestal with Leah Sottile - The Extremist Conversation

Welcome to The Spokesman-Review’s Northwest Passages Book Club. We invite fellow book lovers to join us for exploration, adventure and conversation. The Northwest Passages Book Club hosts community book events featuring local authors and great storytellers from elsewhere as well.

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